DR. RACHEL LANDERS
Head of Documentary
Dr. Rachel Landers completed a PhD in History at the University
of Sydney and a Post-Graduate Directing Diploma at the National
Institute of Dramatic Art. Working in theatre after graduation she
then moved into film as a writer/director and producer of drama and
documentary. Rachel's films have screened at numerous international
festivals, been broadcast all over the world and have won and been
nominated for a number of awards.
Most recently Rachel made the feature documentary A Northern
Town nominated for the prestigious UK Grierson Innovation
award, a United Nations media award and was a finalist for best
documentary in the Dendy's and the Film Critics Circle of
Australia. A Northern Town, which Rachel also shot, won an
AFI for Best Cinematography and the 2009 Premiers History Award and
is in competition at FIFO in 2012.
Rachel produced the feature documentary The Snowman in
2010 selected for competition at IDFA; nominated for an AFI award
for Best Feature Documentary and won the Foxtel Australian
Documentary Prize.
Rachel's last film was the documentary The Inquisition
screened on the ABC and France 1 and was in competition at FIFO in
2011. Rachel has recently been awarded the 2011 NSW Premier's
History Fellowship and appointed Head of Documentary at AFTRS.
